30+ Iconic 80s Vehicles - Where are they now?

During the 80's we were introduced to numerous television shows and movies that kept us entertained for many hours, many of these movies and shows featured

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and some even focused on these

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, from regular vehicles to fully armored or high-tech vehicles or Even those with AI, if you ever wondered what some of these vehicles were based on or what happened to them after the show ended, we have some answers for you who doesn't remember the bright orange Dodge Charger running through the countryside and giving many jumps in your path. Although the exact number of general leads used varies from source to source depending on actor Ben Jones and the builders involved in the show, a total of 256 general leads were used during filming, many of whom did not survive the process, it is said. that 17 of them.

They have actually survived, but in several different states one of the display used cars is known to be on display at the Volvo Automobile Museum in Illinois. The

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film used 13 different cars to represent the Bluesmobile, all of which were former police cars purchased off the California highway. patrol at the time of the film's release had set a world record for the most cars destroyed in a film and held this distinction until 1998. some say

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are all scrapped some say a cell exists, but we know replicas exist, it's the only one in the volvo fall museum, the only remaining screen was used 106 miles to chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we wear sunglasses, although not all bsg fans fondly remember their show, one must remember the flying motorcycles for In this show, only two were actually made.

A simulated fixed-wing turbo half-bike that would be suspended from a helicopter for a realistic takeoff was being built, but was never completed when filming began. Instead, one of the operating motorcycles was cut in half for these. scenes, the remaining bike was seen at auction in 2015, but was never sold. I can't afford to let you see these machines too well. I'm going to have to risk showing you a little more than I expected, although due to its length, actor Tom Selleck barely fits in the car, the creators of the show use up to five Ferraris for each season while producing magnum pi, most of Ferrari models from on-screen news have been sold at auction after the program in which one of them was last seen. 2019 at the petersen automotive museum for tc's island hopper three different helicopters were used during the show, the first and only one equipped with inflatable emergency floats, their children were pressed in 1980 during the filming of the third helicopter crash in 1988, a week later that the show was cancelled.

The remainder is owned by Air 2 based in Timonium Maryland and travels around the country for Air 2 performing power line work. A replica helicopter is used to tour and discover Hawaii's hidden gems. The lotus spirit of the spy who loves me. so popular that the producers brought in a lotus flower for this film two real cars were used in the film, the white one seen in the film is an original prototype and was sold after filming the copper colored one, lotus retained a model of initial production until July 1998 and was shown in 2008 at the Goodwood festival. What is it?

It's called the craziest car movie ever made. This film portrayed a modified 1973 Porsche 917 Cannon Spider. Approximately three cars were used in the production, all created for shopping malls from a Porsche 917 owned. by a dealership located in California it is unknown if any of the cars survived filming and

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might be now. It was ridiculous the way you attacked that guy on the highway driving like a maniac. What better card to run through the desert than? a v8 interceptor three exclusive australian cars were purchased for the film two ex victorian police officers battled falcon v8 sedans and a ford falcon xb gt 973 coupe the two sedans became max's yellow interceptor and the gt coupe would become max's special Chase all three were sold after the first film, but the GT was reacquired for the second.

The chase special eventually ended up at the Stars Modern Car Museum and when the museum closed, they sold the car to the Miami Auto Museum in Florida in 2011. You still have the car, but it is currently in very poor condition. You have to be very, very brave or very, very crazy to take a single-seat open cockpit or rotating ultralight aircraft into battle. Two of these gyrocopters were made for the movie. A drill. -for close shots and a fully functional one, the model was destroyed in one of the scenes and the fully functional one was sold at auction after the film, but was eventually acquired by the official Mad Max museum in 2015 and was restored to its former condition glory. reflexes, that's what you got me, I have a brain, well, I'm not one to kiss and tell, but they've seen me with the fire lit.

The truck you see called Sifter Drive is a 1980 GMC 4x4, several makes and models from different years were used. during the show's initial run and as a result there are some inconsistencies between episodes, all of the cars were sold at auctions and the

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abouts are unknown, but several replicas exist. I've been on fire with Sally Field who left quickly. with a girl called bo, probably a badger reconnaissance class, unfortunately there have never been real versions of this amazing fighter plane for the movie. A full-size mock-up was made from a radio tower clad in plywood and foam and powered by a four-cylinder engine.

Volkswagen engine, so it could tax you on the runway if the model still exists and it is unknown where the mission is Steel Firefox can you fly that plane? Who remembers this white, red and black plane? Fold the goose from which the plane used on the screen was released. robert hall who flew as pilot of the plane in some segments unfortunately on february 5, 2005 the plane suffered a catastrophic accident the remains of the plane were sold to samuel pida minkow in pittsford new york on february 28, 2005 who is currently trying to restore When I think of vehicles on television from the 80s, for most people the kit is one of the first that comes to mind for racers.

Three 1982 Pontiac Firebird transitions were required, one of which was used as a stunt vehicle and was destroyed during the first year's filming. The hero car became Kit's evil twin car in season 3 before becoming what is known as a right-hand drive car before ending up in the automated cruise ship museum for a time and eventually being sold to a private owner in the third. The car known as the Backup Hero Car is currently owned by Knight Rider historians and can be seen regularly on their YouTube channel, but the kid wasn't the only memorable vehicle on the show, the other being the Flag Mobile Unit. , a semi-trailer truck. property of the foundation for law and governments that operates as a mobile garage and headquarters for seven miles, three different trucks were used for the mobile units, some with a cab with a sleeping compartment, some without the location of the first semi used is currently unknown and the season 3 and 4 screens used are also the property of Knight Rider historians and are being restored to their former glory as we speak.

I am the voice of the Knight Industry 2000 Microprocessor Kit for easy reference. A kit if you prefer. As a child, I was really fascinated. helicopters and nothing more than an arrow that blue thunder for the movie blue thunder two gazelle helicopters were modified with bolted parts and a bolted canopy with the model of the ha-64 apache, as well as a static display model was built one of the two gazelles They were dismantled and sold for parts, the other and the display model were scrapped, but before being scrapped, one of the two blue thunders had a small cameo in the pilot episode of MacGyver.

The Bulldog cockpit of the original helicopter used to be visible on the MGM Studios backlot tour in Florida, however, it has not been present at the cemetery since at least 2005. The supernatural car identified in the film as a 1958 Plymouth Fury They were actually two older Plymouth models, the Belvedere and the Savoy, from the film 24 of These cars were purchased in various states of disrepair to build a total of 17 copies of Christine. The best known surviving vehicle was rescued from a junkyard and restored by collector Bill Gibson and another was sold at auction in 2020. fast car come back come back I want to see it will you come back please just come back?

Well the Red Coyote and 3 a new car was built based on the Delorean DMC-12. The hero car from season 1 ended up in private property, while the stunt car was reconfigured to be reused on the knight. Rider 2000 television pilot and then again to be reconfigured into jrbit showcar test mobile in 2012 the sound car was purchased by a private owner who is repurposing it again into coyote x in 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison for a military court for a crime did not commit to EA's iconic black metallic gray truck with its characteristic red stripe, black and red turbine magnet wheels and roof spoiler, there were actually a total of six GMZ trucks, not counting the doubles Of the stunt cars, you can't find much on the fader at all.

On top of that, one of them was saved from a parking lot and reserved by Stars Motor Museum cars and then in 2005, a used car was seen on display at Jarbuck's Hollywood Car Museum, but Ba was not the only member of the team with an iconic face. He drives a customized white 1984 Chevrolet Covete with red interior and a red stripe. The red stripe was added to match Ba's truck after the show. The vet was sold and resold several times, most recently on eBay in 2011. Are you crazy, anyone? Drive my truck but I'm getting out of here don't touch my truck hang in there if you do I'll come back and feed your socks maybe breaking the rules a little by not including spaceships in this video but the centauri star car is first and foremost a car.

Although the last starfighter was not the movie to make a car on which the star car famous as the time machine back to the future is based, the star car is also based on the iconic delorean dmc-12, small effects of which What happened after the movie is not known about this car, but we do know that it is currently being read and restored by Sci-Fi Archives. Changing onto Star Drive at Columbus Zeta. Hold on tight to the Mobile Actor or better known as Actor 1. It is a future 1959 Cadillac millimeter duplex ambulance that is sometimes mistaken for a hearse.

Due to its black and gray paint, but these were the actual colors of the car when it was acquired for the film, the car was not very reliable and broke down twice during filming after being on a film lot for a long time in 1988 , actor 1 was sold. to a car collector to promote Ghostbusters, the video game actor 1 was reacquired and completely restored in 2009 and is currently still owned by Sony. Note that, contrary to what some believe, the original Actor 1 did not become Actor 1a for the second Ghostbusters. film, but remains in its original state until today, we have a.

It is often asked what is the coolest helicopter of the 80s and many people will answer Blue Thunder, but did Blue Thunder have missiles that included flight speeds of Mach 1 for Airwolf Two? Bell helicopters that we used and cosmetically modified a flight-capable Airwolf and a non-flying model. The latter after the show ended was broken down for spare parts. The flying helicopter was eventually sold after the show ended and was converted into an ambulance helicopter in Germany, where it unfortunately crashed in a storm and was destroyed on June 6, 1992. The most well-known replica of the Airwolf was built in 2007. for the ephemeral helicopter headquarters museum.

This replica is now privately owned and sits atop a gigantic villa in Beverly Hills before it became private. The owner of this airwolf was last publicly visible at the Tennessee Aviation Museum. Another famous helicopter from the 80s is the pink Sikorsky with the big screaming mouth. Mimi Mimi. A Sikorsky H-34t Choctaw, also known as the Sikorsky s58t, still lives today, although it is no longer Pink Sia's. Owned by Summit Helicopter since 2006, it is alive andkicking, encounters wildfires and serves the utility industry. When you say iconic '80s Ferrari, a lot of people will loudly shout Miami Vice, even though technically for the first two seasons it was not a real Ferrari but a 1972 Ferrari replica.

Based on the chassis of a Chevrolet Corvette C3 after a lawsuit Featured by automaker Ferrari Ferrari donated two real cars with a strict rule that no air poles were used. If you want to know what happened to the replicas, I recommend you check out Retro Blessings. Dragon Company for the actual cars, both were auctioned after the show ended, the hero car is currently owned by Adams Classic and Collectors What's a cop sitting at a desk to do when he wants to actively fight crime? Well you can become a test rider for a combat motorcycle prototype for the show trailer, the real show and the solar bikes for the show, a multitude of different honda motorcycles were used, although this video is not about toys, it fits Notably, as a unique 1992 Indian street hog, it joined the ranks of gi joe as for real bikes, one of the hawks ended up on eBay and sold for a measly twelve thousand dollars.

Another of the original street bikes was purchased by specialist bruhman and the last known public appearance of a screen used street falcon was in the now. closed car museum of the stars this is jesse making fun of a former motorcycle cop injured in the line of duty now a police problem solver if they had kept the first drawings of the script this part of the video would have been about a refrigerator, fortunately that is not the case, so we can talk about the stainless steel cart called Delorean. The Delorean was deliberately selected for its overall appearance and revolving doors to make it plausible that in 1955 people would assume it was an extraterrestrial spacecraft for the first time.

A total of three Delorean time machines were built in the film, but the car or the hero car is the only one that remains in one piece today. After filming the third film, the car was exhibited at Universal Studios in Hollywood where over time It fell into disrepair. The car was restored in 2012 and went on permanent display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in 2016. Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a Delorean? This show is named after the iconic car driven by the main character, Ray, and features one of the classics, a 1965 Corvette Stingray.

Unfortunately, very little can be found about this TV car online, but it is said that they were used at least two and the user on the Corvette forum claims to own one of the two. The Porkchop Express as a truck is called in this movie was named for its field of pigs as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. In those opening shots after the film, the truck eventually ended up being owned by a man named Wilfred O'Brien who operated and drove the truck fairly regularly until it was last seen moving from Keller France bound for England in 2020 Jack burton on the porkchop express and i'm talking to whoever's listening there andy, son of a bitch, i thought i was in texas, no, that was last week, you like that one, huh, the ascension killer truck is already on its own A terrifying glitch, it becomes even scarier when the truck carries a huge green goblin head, although the Happy Toys truck was presumably destroyed after filming the green goblin head still exists today.

A man named Tim Sharkey bought a head in 1987 after seeing that an ad had been placed in the local newspaper offering to sell the Green Goblin Head from the movie, the man he bought the head from said he saw what appeared to be the truck they were taking to the junkyard. It took him a while, but he managed to restore the head to its full glory and can later be found touring the country. and the green goblin hat even has his own facebook holy shit look at that thing i get it the rave tells the story of a teenager from arizona who mysteriously returns from the dead as a supernatural street racer driving an invulnerable supercar the turbo interceptor is a car A conceptual prototype turned real, the Dodge M4S was built by Dodge in 1981 as a technology demonstrator vehicle.

Six copies were made for use in the film, two stunt cars made from modifications of the original car and four non-driving dummies that were destroyed during the filming of the actual film. The Dutch turbo interceptor was used in close-ups and after being found in pieces in 2010, one laughing soul took the time to restore the rave to its former glory. The original concept car was last seen at the Walter P Chrysler museum until it closed in 2016. There's a kid out there who uses this car to kill people, not that it's a big deal since it seems to be your gang that he hangs out with.

He is involved because society is generating a new type of criminal, it is also generating a new type of mug, the vehicle of. The choice for Lieutenant Marion Cobretti is this magnificent car that bears the impressive license plate 50. A total of four of these cars were used for this film, one hero car and three sunken cars, the latter were destroyed, but the hero car survived and It's property. from Sylvester Stallone, who kept the car after the film, although Stone lost it for a time in 1994, when someone got it from his garage. Fortunately, by chance, Stallone stumbled upon an online listing for his beloved car and was able to reacquire it through a deal, but details about this are further unknown.

The car to this day is still in the salon's possession. This is where the law ends and I begin after 18 years. The tie-up finally reunites with British automaker Aston Martin for the car with some optional extras. A total of 11 cars were manufactured. of which only three were actually drivable vehicles, of these three only one was an unmodified vantage point, the second was a stunned car and the third was a special effects car complete with missiles and rocket boosters, apart from another vehicle that It was little more than a steerable chassis without an engine. The rest were all fiberglass models.

This does not include the Valencia convertible scene at the beginning of the film since this was loaned by Aston Martin's Lagonda president, Victor Gauntlet, the only one. operating car from the film equipped with all special devices from the q branch could be seen at the London Film Museum's Bond Emotion exhibition. Fortunately, the exhibition closed permanently in 2021. I just took the Aston Martin for a quick spin in the cube. Be careful that you just got a new coat of paint. for the studio a whopping 287 thousand dollars this vehicle is actually three vehicles in one a truck a helicopter and a sports car unfortunately little information can be found about what was used in the transformation scene but the history of the cab truck helicopter is well known.

After the fair, the truck was left in the hands of its builder, who began converting it into a mobile home. Furthermore, right after the camper conversion, the owner had to give up on the project and sold the bandit truck to hemmings.com for $125,000 a year. The Sulfur Springs, Texas, tattoo shop acquired the truck and turned to it in all its glory, albeit with different graphics. They are simply known as bandits and this is their story. This is surely one of the most iconic of the many interpretations of the Batmobile we've seen. For many years it was rivaled only by the Batmobile of the 1960s.

This Batmobile was built on the chassis of a Chevy Impala and incorporated an Impala engine, taillights from a Ferrari, fuel caps from a London bus, and parts from jet engine of a Harrier Jump Jet, gliding. The cabin was also inspired by that of a Harrier. An undirected Terribly Auckland Snow added the headlights of a Honda Civic to the vehicle after noticing them on his wife's car. A second car made for the film was based on an Oldsmobile Catalyst Convertible. One of these bad phones. It can be found at the Petersen Automobile Museum in California and the second Batmobile is owned by Batman producer John Peters.

It is currently stored in the garage of his house in Malibu. What better movie to end this video than the sequel to the movie responsible for almost everyone? The owner of the Delorean was asked where his flux capacitor is. Of the seven cars over the course of the three films, only four remain, while the Amb cars were taken out of the story for the second and third films, which were filmed consecutively, and ended up building another one. The delorean time machine for part 2 a fiberglass model used in the flying car scenes this fiberglass model was destroyed after filming the b car used for the driving scenes was destroyed during the filming of the third film and the C-car from the first film used for the filming of interior scenes still remains in Universal's possession, although not as a complete part of the C-car when combined with a converted Delorean for the off-road scenes to be shown at Universal Studios in the roads of Japan where we go.

I need roads, which of these or any that I might have overlooked before your eyes is the most iconic vehicle of the 80s and which is your favorite maya beer is the most unique vehicle of all, my favorite helicopter from the 80s or the one that has the AI ​​we all know and love, let me know in the comments below what your pick is. Fun fact for those who have fond memories of the movie. The lost starfighter probably remembers not only the Gun Star but also Centauri Starker. that like the time machine back to the future this car was based on the delorean dmc-12 but this is not the only similarity between the two they have also shared the same movie set the star car centauri can be seen parked in the street 2 in the second back to the future movie now you know and knowing is half the battle colon zeta all tight Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed all these little details and I really hope your favorite vehicle is covered in this video.

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